Gas-lighting system.



M. P. SIVIEDES.

GAS LIGHTING SYSTEM. APPLICATION FILED 3ULY so, 1915.

1,261,964. Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

l in iidl WITNESSES: INVENTOR 116m? d'wzedes ATTORNEYS 7 To all whom itconcern:

rinr'rnn snares irnf'rnnr ermon GAS-LIGHTING SYSTEM.

Be it known that I, MELLE P; SM'EDES, a subject of the Kingdom ofNetherlands; and a resident of Reeman in the county of Newaygo and Stateof Michigan, have in- V vented a new and useful Improvement inGas-Lightlng Systems, of which the following 1s a specification,

My invention is an improvement in gas burners and consists in certainnovel constructions and combination of parts hereinafter described andclalmed.

In the drawings:j I

Figure 1 is a side View. of aburner with the leak indicator in section,I

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side View of the a burner,

v portion 56, anda tapering plane portion 57. p

- Fig. 31s a vertical section ofthe burner,

and 7 Fig. 4c is a side View of the nozzle. The burner," as shown moreparticularly in Fig. 8, comprises a'noz'zle consisting of an internallythreaded cap 55, for engaging the pipe 49, andthe cap has an extensionat its top comprising a cylindrical'threaded The cap and the portions56and 57 are chambered as shown, the chamber or bore consisting of fiveportions gradually decreasing in diameter from the'entrance of the capto the exit at the apex of the portion 57. The threaded portion 56 ofthe extension is engaged with the lower end of a casing, comprising acylindrical portion 58 and a spherical portion 59, the spherical portionhavin openings 60 as shown, adj acentto the cap. The extension is ofsuch length that Specification of Letters Patent.

MELLE rj SMEDES, or EEEMAN, MICHIGAN.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

Application filed July 30, 1915. Serial No. 42,745;

' A cap 69 is connected with the cylindrical portion 58 or the casing,the said cap having a reduced portion "(0 whichfits around thecylindrical portion 58 closely as shown. The cap has a perforated top71, and a screen 72 is arranged transversely ofthe topabove the portion58 of the burner. The

bracket 67 has a vholder 73 for the chimney or flue 7 It will be notedthat the capis of smaller diameter than the mantle and extends withinthe lower end of the mantle. r

- Iclaim:

A burner comprising asubstantially cylindrical casing having at itslower end an approximately spherical enlargement provided with a seriesof air inlet openings at the end remote from the cylindrical portion,and a tapering nozzle detachably connected with the sphericalenlargement at the said end remote from the cylindrical portion andextending through the enlargement and delivering at the junction of theenlargement to the cylindrical portion, the bore of the nozzle beingsteppeddown toward its inner MELLE P. SMEDES.

. end.

Copies of this patent may he obtained forfive cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of latents,

' Washington, D. C.

